Analyst Jobs in England

Analyst
UK > England

The median Analyst salary in England is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 12 15
Rank change year-on-year -7 +3 +6
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 4,222 8,905 10,664
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.52% 10.31% 12.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.35% 10.90% 13.20%
Number of salaries quoted 2,634 6,084 6,772
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,250 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% +4.97%
75th Percentile £65,000 £58,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £72,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% -2.17% +2.22%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 45,134 81,676 80,812
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.05% 94.55% 91.52%
Number of salaries quoted 24,494 60,830 51,454
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,126 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £53,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.60% -12.83% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in England

Analyst
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Analyst in England.

Salary trend for Analyst in England

Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analyst in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Analyst in England

Analyst
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 18 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London 0 1,740 £62,500 +4.17% 2,023
North of England -22 765 £40,000 +2.56% 466
Midlands -12 577 £42,500 +13.33% 328
South East -27 521 £44,000 +10.00% 834
North West -30 501 £40,874 +2.19% 281
West Midlands -13 343 £45,000 +20.00% 198
East of England -12 327 £47,500 +25.00% 214
East Midlands -10 233 £38,000 +4.11% 119
South West -8 230 £40,000 -5.88% 208
Yorkshire -10 223 £30,000 -20.00% 154
North East -26 41 £37,250 +6.43% 37
Analyst
UK

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 18 May 2025, Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 2,004 (47.47%) Social Skills
2 1,562 (37.00%) Finance
3 1,281 (30.34%) Analytical Skills
4 1,249 (29.58%) Degree
5 1,026 (24.30%) Problem-Solving
6 947 (22.43%) SQL
7 925 (21.91%) Microsoft
8 673 (15.94%) Decision-Making
9 651 (15.42%) Windows
10 625 (14.80%) Agile
11 599 (14.19%) Banking
12 592 (14.02%) Risk Management
13 574 (13.60%) Business Intelligence
14 570 (13.50%) Analytics
15 562 (13.31%) Microsoft 365
16 541 (12.81%) Azure
17 540 (12.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 511 (12.10%) Power Platform
19 507 (12.01%) Asset Management
20 483 (11.44%) Power BI
21 468 (11.08%) Master's Degree
22 455 (10.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
23 453 (10.73%) Microsoft Excel
24 452 (10.71%) Python
25 442 (10.47%) Fixed Income
26 436 (10.33%) Active Directory
27 423 (10.02%) Portfolio Management
28 415 (9.83%) Business Strategy
29 414 (9.81%) Data Analysis
30 409 (9.69%) Customer Service

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 225 (5.33%) SharePoint
2 144 (3.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 105 (2.49%) Confluence
4 27 (0.64%) IIS
5 24 (0.57%) IBM Domino
6 23 (0.54%) SAS
7 12 (0.28%) Apache Spark
8 8 (0.19%) Apache
9 7 (0.17%) Jupyter
10 4 (0.095%) Alfresco
10 4 (0.095%) Cloud Foundry
10 4 (0.095%) Documentum
10 4 (0.095%) Tomcat
11 3 (0.071%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.071%) Skype for Business
12 2 (0.047%) Exchange Server 2013
12 2 (0.047%) IBM Notes
12 2 (0.047%) Oracle Service Bus
12 2 (0.047%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 1 (0.024%) CMS
Applications
1 455 (10.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 453 (10.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 313 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
4 68 (1.61%) MS Visio
5 20 (0.47%) Chatbot
6 11 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
6 11 (0.26%) SPSS
7 9 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.071%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.047%) Acrobat
9 2 (0.047%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.024%) Notion
10 1 (0.024%) Simulink
10 1 (0.024%) Sketch
10 1 (0.024%) Trello
Business Applications
1 61 (1.44%) Aladdin
2 43 (1.02%) SAP S/4HANA
3 38 (0.90%) thinkFolio
4 26 (0.62%) Dynamics AX
5 19 (0.45%) SAP FI
6 18 (0.43%) NetSuite
6 18 (0.43%) SAP HCM
7 17 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
8 16 (0.38%) OpenText VIM for SAP
9 15 (0.36%) SAP Payroll
10 14 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
10 14 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
10 14 (0.33%) SAP HR
11 12 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
12 10 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
13 9 (0.21%) Infor M3
14 8 (0.19%) iTrent
14 8 (0.19%) Oracle Applications
14 8 (0.19%) SAP ERP
15 7 (0.17%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 562 (13.31%) Microsoft 365
2 541 (12.81%) Azure
3 511 (12.10%) Power Platform
4 131 (3.10%) Entra ID
5 130 (3.08%) AWS
6 94 (2.23%) SaaS
7 86 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
8 54 (1.28%) OneDrive
9 50 (1.18%) Azure Sentinel
10 34 (0.81%) Google Analytics
11 30 (0.71%) Azure DevOps
12 28 (0.66%) Azure Data Factory
12 28 (0.66%) GCP
13 26 (0.62%) Power Automate
14 24 (0.57%) Cloud Computing
14 24 (0.57%) Mimecast
15 22 (0.52%) Azure Logic Apps
15 22 (0.52%) PowerApps
15 22 (0.52%) Snowflake
16 19 (0.45%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 236 (5.59%) Firewall
2 123 (2.91%) DNS
3 98 (2.32%) DHCP
4 91 (2.16%) VPN
5 83 (1.97%) TCP/IP
6 80 (1.89%) VoIP
7 62 (1.47%) LAN
8 61 (1.44%) WAN
9 47 (1.11%) Network Security
10 42 (0.99%) VLAN
11 39 (0.92%) Wireless
12 32 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
13 30 (0.71%) Internet
14 26 (0.62%) Cisco IOS
15 24 (0.57%) Intrusion Detection
16 19 (0.45%) SAN
17 16 (0.38%) Remote Desktop
18 14 (0.33%) FTP
19 13 (0.31%) SSL
20 11 (0.26%) ADSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 483 (11.44%) Power BI
2 179 (4.24%) Tableau
3 149 (3.53%) SQL Server
4 90 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
5 76 (1.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 66 (1.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 61 (1.44%) Relational Database
8 48 (1.14%) Big Data
9 34 (0.81%) Data Lake
10 23 (0.54%) DB2
10 23 (0.54%) MySQL
11 22 (0.52%) Data Mining
11 22 (0.52%) Power Query
12 20 (0.47%) BusinessObjects
13 18 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
13 18 (0.43%) Looker
14 16 (0.38%) Oracle Reports
15 13 (0.31%) RDBMS
16 12 (0.28%) Metadata
17 10 (0.24%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 196 (4.64%) JIRA
2 51 (1.21%) Git
3 21 (0.50%) eggPlant
4 20 (0.47%) Selenium
5 16 (0.38%) Postman
6 14 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 13 (0.31%) Burp Suite
7 13 (0.31%) Visual Studio
8 10 (0.24%) Cypress.io
8 10 (0.24%) JMeter
9 9 (0.21%) Jenkins
10 8 (0.19%) Eclipse
11 7 (0.17%) Appium
11 7 (0.17%) TestNG
12 6 (0.14%) Gatling
12 6 (0.14%) TestRail
13 5 (0.12%) Cucumber
13 5 (0.12%) JUnit
13 5 (0.12%) LoadRunner
14 4 (0.095%) TestCafe
General
1 2,004 (47.47%) Social Skills
2 1,562 (37.00%) Finance
3 1,281 (30.34%) Analytical Skills
4 599 (14.19%) Banking
5 540 (12.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 385 (9.12%) Financial Institution
7 364 (8.62%) German Language
8 348 (8.24%) French Language
9 330 (7.82%) Law
10 197 (4.67%) Legal
11 191 (4.52%) Organisational Skills
12 176 (4.17%) Retail
13 148 (3.51%) Marketing
14 141 (3.34%) Influencing Skills
15 121 (2.87%) Presentation Skills
16 117 (2.77%) Front Office
17 99 (2.34%) Telecoms
18 91 (2.16%) Manufacturing
19 62 (1.47%) Public Sector
20 54 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (1.23%) .NET
2 39 (0.92%) XML
3 37 (0.88%) HTML
4 32 (0.76%) JSON
5 29 (0.69%) REST
6 27 (0.64%) Web Services
7 23 (0.54%) SOAP
8 18 (0.43%) FIX Protocol
9 17 (0.40%) ASP.NET
9 17 (0.40%) Oracle Fusion
10 16 (0.38%) EDI
11 15 (0.36%) Middleware
11 15 (0.36%) Pandas
12 13 (0.31%) SAP Fiori
13 12 (0.28%) .NET Framework
14 9 (0.21%) RESTful
15 8 (0.19%) CSS
15 8 (0.19%) Gherkin
16 7 (0.17%) LDAP
16 7 (0.17%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 442 (10.47%) Fixed Income
2 362 (8.57%) Credit Risk
3 216 (5.12%) Management Information System
4 131 (3.10%) Onboarding
5 116 (2.75%) Hedge funds
6 108 (2.56%) Derivative
7 101 (2.39%) Analytical Mindset
8 96 (2.27%) Product Ownership
9 90 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
10 63 (1.49%) Security Posture
11 52 (1.23%) Cyber Threat
12 50 (1.18%) Video Conferencing
13 42 (0.99%) Driving Licence
14 37 (0.88%) Security Operations Centre
15 36 (0.85%) Equities
16 35 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
17 32 (0.76%) Social Media
18 31 (0.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
18 31 (0.73%) Mobile App
19 29 (0.69%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 651 (15.42%) Windows
2 178 (4.22%) Windows 10
3 171 (4.05%) Windows Server
4 146 (3.46%) Linux
5 59 (1.40%) Apple iOS
6 51 (1.21%) Mac OS
7 49 (1.16%) Unix
8 36 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
9 28 (0.66%) Android
10 26 (0.62%) Mac OS X
11 18 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
11 18 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
12 13 (0.31%) Windows Vista
13 8 (0.19%) CentOS
13 8 (0.19%) Windows 7
14 6 (0.14%) Rocky
14 6 (0.14%) Windows 8
15 5 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 4 (0.095%) zOS
17 3 (0.071%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,026 (24.30%) Problem-Solving
2 673 (15.94%) Decision-Making
3 625 (14.80%) Agile
4 592 (14.02%) Risk Management
5 574 (13.60%) Business Intelligence
6 570 (13.50%) Analytics
7 507 (12.01%) Asset Management
8 423 (10.02%) Portfolio Management
9 415 (9.83%) Business Strategy
10 414 (9.81%) Data Analysis
11 409 (9.69%) Customer Service
12 408 (9.66%) ITIL
13 406 (9.62%) Business Analysis
14 393 (9.31%) Financial Modelling
14 393 (9.31%) Risk Assessment
15 388 (9.19%) Cybersecurity
16 354 (8.38%) Continuous Improvement
17 347 (8.22%) Credit Risk Analysis
18 336 (7.96%) Project Management
19 330 (7.82%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 947 (22.43%) SQL
2 452 (10.71%) Python
3 130 (3.08%) PowerShell
4 89 (2.11%) C#
5 63 (1.49%) T-SQL
6 62 (1.47%) JavaScript
7 58 (1.37%) R
8 42 (0.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 40 (0.95%) PL/SQL
10 38 (0.90%) Java
11 33 (0.78%) Bash
12 27 (0.64%) C++
13 26 (0.62%) Kusto Query Language
14 25 (0.59%) VBA
15 24 (0.57%) VB.NET
16 14 (0.33%) ABAP
17 11 (0.26%) Perl
17 11 (0.26%) Shell Script
18 9 (0.21%) C-shell
18 9 (0.21%) Korn
Qualifications
1 1,249 (29.58%) Degree
2 468 (11.08%) Master's Degree
3 350 (8.29%) CFA
4 178 (4.22%) CISSP
5 145 (3.43%) BPSS Clearance
6 133 (3.15%) CISM
6 133 (3.15%) DBS Check
7 130 (3.08%) Security Cleared
8 129 (3.06%) CBAP
9 87 (2.06%) CESG Certified Professional
10 86 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
11 78 (1.85%) SC Cleared
12 71 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
13 67 (1.59%) ACCA
13 67 (1.59%) CompTIA Security+
14 66 (1.56%) A+ Certification
15 65 (1.54%) CIMA
16 47 (1.11%) PhD
17 44 (1.04%) CEH
17 44 (1.04%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 193 (4.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 168 (3.98%) NIST
3 159 (3.77%) Data Quality
4 155 (3.67%) SLA
5 151 (3.58%) QA
6 87 (2.06%) JSP 440
6 87 (2.06%) RMADS
7 62 (1.47%) GDPR
8 49 (1.16%) PMO
9 44 (1.04%) Accessibility
10 32 (0.76%) PCI DSS
11 30 (0.71%) GRC
12 27 (0.64%) MiFID
13 25 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
14 21 (0.50%) EMIR
15 20 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 16 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
17 14 (0.33%) NCSC
18 11 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
19 9 (0.21%) IFRS
System Software
1 436 (10.33%) Active Directory
2 45 (1.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
4 20 (0.47%) Hyper-V
5 18 (0.43%) Firmware
6 16 (0.38%) Docker
7 14 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
9 7 (0.17%) XenApp
10 6 (0.14%) BitLocker
11 3 (0.071%) DFS Replication
11 3 (0.071%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.024%) Embedded Firmware
12 1 (0.024%) Microsoft App-V
12 1 (0.024%) Snort
12 1 (0.024%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.024%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 159 (3.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 60 (1.42%) SCCM
3 12 (0.28%) Grafana
4 10 (0.24%) QRadar
5 8 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 8 (0.19%) CSIRT
5 8 (0.19%) Terraform
6 7 (0.17%) Kubernetes
6 7 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.14%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.14%) WSUS
7 6 (0.14%) ZABBIX
8 5 (0.12%) Ansible
8 5 (0.12%) Graylog
9 4 (0.095%) CASB
9 4 (0.095%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.095%) Nessus
10 3 (0.071%) Nagios
10 3 (0.071%) NetBackup
10 3 (0.071%) Puppet
Vendors
1 925 (21.91%) Microsoft
2 369 (8.74%) Bloomberg
3 199 (4.71%) SAP
4 139 (3.29%) ServiceNow
5 117 (2.77%) Oracle
6 110 (2.61%) VMware
7 77 (1.82%) Salesforce
8 67 (1.59%) Databricks
9 66 (1.56%) Cisco
10 64 (1.52%) Google
11 59 (1.40%) Alteryx
12 57 (1.35%) BISAM
13 49 (1.16%) Citrix
14 44 (1.04%) Charles River
15 36 (0.85%) Calypso
15 36 (0.85%) SimCorp
16 35 (0.83%) Apple
17 31 (0.73%) Adobe
17 31 (0.73%) Splunk
18 26 (0.62%) Meraki